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SOUTHAMPTON. Brighton & Hove Albion conquers Southampton 3-1. Brighton & Hove Albion was truly superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
James Ward-Prowse missed a decisive penalty (73′). That would have allowed Southampton to draw the match.
The match was played at the St. Mary’s Stadium stadium in Southampton on Monday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Robert Jones with the help of Lee Betts and Ian Hussin. The 4th official was Dean Whitestone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.2 degrees Celsius or 43.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
- 13 Total 8
- 3 On Target 5
- 10 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 89 Attack 101
- 48 Dangerous attack 54
- 71 Ball safe 80
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Brighton & Hove Albion had a strong ball possession 66% while Southampton was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Brighton & Hove Albion was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Brighton & Hove Albion won the contest.
Southampton shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Southampton received 1 yellow card (Joe Aribo). On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards (Robert Sánchez and Moisés Caicedo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Southampton will stay with 12 points to hold in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Brighton & Hove Albion will have 24 points to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Southampton will host Liverpool on the 28th of May with a 15-6 head to head stats in favor of Liverpool (3 draws).
Brighton & Hove Albion will play away agasint Aston Villa on the 28th of May with a 6-1 head to head record in favor of Aston Villa (5 draws).
Southampton – Formation
Southampton
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Southampton adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Nathan Jones decided to play with the following team: Gavin Bazunu , Kyle Walker-Peters , Lyanco , Mohammed Salisu , Romain Perraud , James Ward-Prowse , Ibrahima Diallo , Moussa Djenepo , Mohamed Elyounoussi , Samuel Edozie and Che Adams .
The home team had on the bench: Joe Aribo , Wilfredo Daniel Caballero, Stuart Armstrong , Duje Ćaleta-Car, Sékou Mara , Jimmy Jay Morgan, Adam Armstrong, Armel Bella-Kotchap and Ainsley Maitland-Niles .
Substitutions
Southampton made 5 changes: Ibrahima Diallo for Joe Aribo (46′), Ibrahima Diallo for Stuart Armstrong (46′), Romain Perraud for Ainsley Maitland-Niles (54′), Mohamed Elyounoussi for Sékou Mara (77′) and Samuel Edozie for Adam Armstrong (84′).
Best player: James Ward-Prowse
The player that probably impressed the most for Southampton was James Ward-Prowse.
His rating is with 1 goal, 43 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.
Brighton & Hove Albion – Formation
Brighton & Hove Albion
Also Brighton & Hove Albion adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Roberto De Zerbi played with: Robert Sánchez , Joël Veltman , Lewis Dunk , Levi Colwill , Pervis Estupiñán , Moisés Caicedo , Pascal Groß , Solly March , Adam Lallana , Kaoru Mitoma and Leandro Trossard .
They had on the bench: Jason Steele, Evan Ferguson, Jeremy Sarmiento , Deniz Undav, Julio Enciso, Billy Gilmour, Andrew Moran, Jan Paul van Hecke and Tariq Lamptey .
Substitutions
Brighton & Hove Albion made 4 changes: Adam Lallana for Jeremy Sarmiento (66′), Leandro Trossard for Evan Ferguson (83′), Solly March for Tariq Lamptey (83′) and Pascal Groß for Billy Gilmour (90′).
Best player: Solly March
The player that probably impressed the most for Brighton & Hove Albion was Solly March.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- Southampton – Brighton & Hove Albion – 1-3
- Leicester City – Newcastle United – 0-3
- Everton – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 1-2
- Crystal Palace – Fulham – 0-3
- Brentford – Tottenham Hotspur – 2-2
- Aston Villa – Liverpool – 1-3
- Arsenal – West Ham United – 3-1
